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What Popular TV/Film Trope Makes You Want to Never Watch Anything Again?
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PEAKS AND VALLEYS: THE FINANCIAL REALITIES OF THE WRITER’S LIFE
Knowledge is power. But it may not make you rich. For that you need articles like this:
by Chuck Wendig
Two pieces of reading homework before we begin:
First up, the ever-smart Kameron Hurley — the Cold Equations that govern publishing.
How Twitter is warping your favorite TV shows
Here at TVWriter™ we like to look at the bright side. After all, if Twitter wasn’t up there on the interwebs with its denizens tweeting away their demands re how their favorite – and not so favorite – TV series should be written, directed, and acted (hey, nobody knows what to say about producing, you know?), somebody else would.
Alice Walker, however, has a different, darker perspective:
by Alice Walker
The rise of social media has fundamentally altered the way viewers interact with shows. For decades, the only way a fan could express love for a TV show was through a P.O. Box. Now, fans can directly reach showrunners, writers, producers, and actors in the split-second it takes to send a tweet.
NextGen Creators: Robots, Of Course
The future is here in ways we never expected, and it ain’t gonna be no picnic for writers, artists, and performers, et al.
‘Twas ever thus, but still…:
Motion Picture Academy Announces Nicholl Award Winners
by TVWriter™ Press Service
Five individuals have been selected as winners of the 2015 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition. The Academy is celebrating the
30th anniversary of the global competition which aims to identify and encourage talented new screenwriters. Each winner will receive a $35,000 prize, the first installment of which will be distributed at an awards presentation on Wednesday, November 4, at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. For the third consecutive year, the event also will include a live read of selected scenes from the fellows’ winning scripts.
This year’s winners are (listed alphabetically by author):
Elizabeth Chomko, “What They Had”
Andrew Friedhof, “Great Falls”
Anthony Grieco, “Best Sellers”
Sam Regnier, “Free Agent”
Amy Tofte, “Addis Abeka”